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The EarthAction Team
Amherst, MA
EarthAction's mission is to inform and inspire people everywhere to turn their concern, passion, and outrage into meaningful action for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.
Interests: Sustainability, biking, peace, nuclear disarmament, forest conservation, nature, indigenous rights, human rights, renewable energy, climate change
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No Mow May
May 2022 - No Mow May is a tiny idea with huge consequences. The idea is simple, stow the lawnmower for the month of May and let the “weeds” come to bloom. Plants that we consider weeds are actually food that is essential for pollinators just coming out of hibernation.... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2022 at 2020 Action
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Sir David Attenborough as the recipient of the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today that Sir David Attenborough will receive the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy for the protection of nature and its restoration. Sir David Attenborough’s career as a broadcaster, natural historian, author, and environmental advocate... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2022 at EarthAction
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UN to Publish Comprehensive Global Land Outlook 2
Media Advisory Chronic Land Degradation: UN to Publish Comprehensive Global Land Outlook 2 Report Wednesday, 27 April 2022 Contacts: Terry Collins, +1-416-878-8712 (m), tc@tca.tc Wagaki Wischnewski, +49-228-815-2820; +49-173-268-7593; WWischnewski@unccd.in A new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), to be released Wednesday, 27 April 2022, offers both... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2022 at EarthAction
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Declare Nuclear Weapons off the Table in Ukraine
April 2022 - The threat of nuclear war has risen considerably with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Immediately after launching the invasion, President Putin placed his nuclear forces on “high combat alert” and warned other countries that if they tried to stop him they would "face consequences that you have... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2022 at 2020 Action
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Focus on land to safeguard climate and sustain life
Media Advisory French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese Focus on land to safeguard climate and sustain life on our planet Côte d’Ivoire hosts first major conference in 2022 to tackle the interconnected challenges of land degradation, climate change and biodiversity loss The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2022 at EarthAction
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Peace Educator and Engaged Buddhist Dr. Paula Green Dies Aged 84
The renowned and internationally respected American peace-builder, psychologist, educator, and engaged Buddhist Dr. Paula Green has died at the age of 84. She passed away on 21 February due to complications related to cancer. Dr. Green, founder and executive director of the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding NGO, had 40 years’... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2022 at EarthAction
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Support The Forest Act
March 2022 - Rainforest destruction is happening at a frightening rate that could wipe out the world’s remaining tropical forests within 100 years. Two thirds of the world’s original rainforest have already been destroyed or degraded by humans. American companies must stop importing products generated from unlawful deforestation and that... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2022 at 2020 Action
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Prevent a Russian Invasion of Ukraine
February 2022 - At this point, Russia has over 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders. Turning Ukraine into a battlefield is not the way to find a solution to this issue. There are steps the US can take to reduce the likelihood of war. Our strategy should be to negotiate in... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2022 at 2020 Action
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2021 EarthAction Project & Campaign Report
Posted Dec 31, 2021 at EarthAction
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NY Times: Aid Groups Fear Starvation Death of 1 Million Afghan Children This Winter
January 2022 - We are sending you the January 2022 Action early because the need is so urgent. The US has been deeply engaged in and supportive of Afghanistan for over 20 years. Since our withdrawal in August, the billions of dollars annually in US aid to Afghanistan has stopped... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2021 at 2020 Action
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2021 Action Report
Posted Dec 16, 2021 at 2020 Action
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Global Forum for Children and Youth: 7-9 December 2021
Dear colleagues and partners, On December 7-9, UNICEF and partners will convene the Global Forum for Children and Youth (CY21), which includes leaders, experts, change-makers, and influencers together with children and youth to discuss and accelerate proven and new solutions, inspire commitments to create change and mobilize knowledge and resources... Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2021 at EarthAction
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Key Time for Pres. Biden to Adopt a Nuclear No First Use Policy
December 2021 - The US decision on whether to have a policy not to start a nuclear war by being the first to use nuclear weapons is coming up in the next few weeks as Pres. Biden's Nuclear Posture Review is finalized. Any use of nuclear weapons is liable to... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2021 at 2020 Action
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EarthAction Announces New Collaboration with the Indigenous Solidarity Fund
Posted Nov 17, 2021 at EarthAction
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Stop Adding Fuel to the Fire
November 2021 - In 1999, 81% of the world’s energy came from burning oil, gas and coal. In 2019, 81% of the world’s energy came from burning oil, gas and coal. The status quo is not progress. Despite the Earth growing hotter, with all the devastating consequences, we humans continue... Continue reading
Posted Oct 20, 2021 at 2020 Action
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Invitation to COP26 virtual launch event
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am delighted to invite you to attend the launching of a major new global initiative which will be announced on November 2 at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. At its centre is a new coalition of governments called the Green Grids Initiative – One... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2021 at EarthAction
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Global Warming, the Most Certain Threat to Our National Security
October 2021 - Next year, will we have the same horrific wildfires, unprecedented heat waves, and extreme droughts and floods, all over again? Yes, if we're lucky! Because more likely, it will be worse, the science says, if we keep adding to the greenhouse gases already in the air. To... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2021 at 2020 Action
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United Nations Day Against Nuclear Tests
Climate change and nuclear weapons are two existential threats to human survival that share a number of connections, according to participants at Nuclear Weapons & Climate Change, an intergenerational symposium that was held at Central Hall Westminster in London and online last week (Thursday, 9 September 2021). Over 300 legislators,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2021 at EarthAction
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End US Fossil Fuel Subsidies Here and Abroad
September 2021 - American taxpayers have been subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, through direct subsidies and tax breaks, for over 100 years, resulting in climate damaging emissions, pollution, and destruction of habitats. For years this amounted to $15 billion per year, but these subsidies have increased in the past few... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2021 at 2020 Action
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Last Exit off the Highway to Nuclear Catastrophe?
August 2021 - On Aug. 6, 2020, Hiroshima Day, Presidential Candidate Joe Biden proclaimed: “I will work to bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons.” That was encouraging to the many Americans who favor a world without nuclear weapons, and to the 122 countries that voted for the... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2021 at 2020 Action
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LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD: The 25th anniversary of the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons!
8 July 2021 11am - 2pm Easten Time USA (EDT). 5pm-8pm Central European Time (CEST) Hosted by the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms Click here to register Basel Peace Office welcomes this important anniversary event organised by the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), and encourages... Continue reading
Posted Jul 4, 2021 at EarthAction
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The Infrastructure Act Must be Far-Reaching and Well-Funded
July 2021 - Negotiations on the Democrats’ proposed Infrastructure Act are currently ongoing. Republican counter-proposals leave out critical areas, in particular: water issues like sewer repairs, pollution controls, and lead pipe replacement. Years of cutbacks in federal funding have left woeful inadequacies in our physical infrastructure and ignored safety and... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2021 at 2020 Action
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The Surin Islands Beach Restoration Project Report
Posted Jun 6, 2021 at EarthAction
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Prohibit the First Use of Nuclear Weapons
June 2021 - A nuclear exchange between the US and Russia or the US and China would incinerate hundreds of millions of people immediately, and lead to a Nuclear Winter which would slaughter an estimated 7 billion of the Earth’s 7.7 billion people, mostly through starvation. It is estimated that... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2021 at 2020 Action
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Eliminate Human Caused Emissions of Methane
May 2021 - After carbon dioxide, methane is the largest contributor to global warming. The need for deep cuts in methane emissions is made clear in a 2018 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It warns that only with drastic cuts in methane emissions can we avoid a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2021 at 2020 Action
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